SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1978
BOOST FOR CIVIL AID SERVICES IN THE NEW TERRITORIES
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THE GOVERNMENT AIMS TO SET UP CIVIL AID SERVICES IN EACH OF THE RAPIDLY-GROWING AREAS OF THE NEW TERRITORIES, THE SECRETARY FOR THE NEW TERRITORIES, MR. DAVID AKERS-JONES, SAID TODAY.
SPEAKING AT THE OFFICIAL CEREMONY TO MARK THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE LATEST C.A.S. GROUP AN ADULT UNIT AND A CADET CORPS UNIT AT TUEN MUN NEW TOWN -- MR. AKERS-JONES SAID THE NEXT UNIT WOULD BE FORMED IN THE NEW TERRITORIES NEXT YEAR AT SHA TIN NEW TOWN AND OTHER AREAS WOULD FOLLOW.
HE POINTED OUT THAT THE FIRST C.A.S. UNIT WAS ESTABLISHED IN THE N.T. AT TSUEN WAN 21 YEARS AGO, AND THAT THERE WERE NOW OTHERS AT TAI PC AND YUEN LONG.
+MEMBERS GIVE USEFUL SUPPORT AND ASSIST THE LOCAL ADMINISTRATION AND BACK UP THE REGULAR EMERGENCY SERVICES, AND IT IS THE GOVERNMENT'S AIM TO ESTABLISH UNITS IN EACH AREA AS THE POPULATION GROWS, MR. AKERS-JONES ADDED.
HE NOTED THAT ALONGSIDE THE ADULT SERVICE, THE CADET CORPS WITH 2,000 BOYS AGED 14 TO 18 -- HAD ALSO GROWN AND SPREAD INTO THE NEW TERRITORIES, WITH CADET UNITS IN TSUEN WAN, YUEN LONG, TAI PO AND
NEXT YEAR AT SHA TIN.
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+THE C.A.S. ARE A FAMILIAR SIGHT TO US ALL AS THEY PERFORM THEIR CIVIL DUTIES PATROLLING IN OUR COUNTRY PARKS, FOREST FIRE FIGHTING, HELPING TO CONTROL CROWDS, ASSISTING IN CHINESE FESTIVALS AND DURING CHARITY DRIVES, MR. AKERS-JONES SAID.
+THEY TAKE PART IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SUCH AS SAILING, CANOEING, TREKKING, ROCK CLIMBING AND CAMPING -- BALANCING CIVIC DUTIES AND EMERGENCY TASKS WITH OUTDOOR RECREATION. +
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